St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-03
MlNNEApOLlS SPORTS.

Remington, of the Chicago Sporting Jour-
nal, does not think that any records were
broken at the recent six days go-as-you-
please bic! Gle race at the Washington rink
He says: There had never been run before,
as far as l can recollect, siX-day straight
way bicycle race. There have been races of
six, ten. twelve, fourteen, sixteen and eigh-
| teen hours per day, but never anything
longer. Nor has there ever been held in
America, race am not referring to eXhi-
hitions--of over twelve hours per day Six
day races, of no matter what description,
originated abroad, and six or seven years
ago these wearisome journeys awheel were
quite popular. So well did they draw, in fact,
that many men were trained especially for
them, ano desperate racing was the result.
1t was in one of these that Harry Higham ac-
compllshed the feat of riding 230 miles and
/ some odd yards without a diSmount but the
strain was too great, and he went all to pieces
toward the end of the week, Just as Morgan
has done since, and was nowhere at the close.
Among the most active participants in these
events were Charles Terront George Waller
and George Edlin, and a comparison of the
records made by them IN the long, long ago,
with those by Schock and Morgan in Mime
apolis last week, will show that the last
named gentlemen have been guilty of nothing
very serious as YETI
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At Agricultural hall. London, George Waller
in 1879 rode in the 1S-hour-a-day race In
the first Is hours Waller covered 261% miles;
in 36 hours, 51+1a miles; in 81 hours, 7441%
miles: and in 10 hours, 979$4 miles. At this
stage of the game he was miles ahead of the
record made by Schock and Morgan, although
they had consumed just - hours more time
than he. On the fifth day Waller rode 235
miles in his Is hours, and Schock 225 miles in
"a hours, while the finishing scores were l. l404
miles, 1,642 yards for Waller, and l, ,405 miles
for Schock. Waller had therefore ridden in
i " ar1S nf l1n hi
made by Schock in 142 hours, and at that had
ridden on track little more than half the
size of that at Washington rink.
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In presenting these figures I have COM
pared Schock and Morgan with, probably the
greatest long distance rider the world ever
saw, for there is no record which can ap-
proach his. The nearest approach to it was
Charles Terront's 1,212 miles. Schock, how
ever, will receive credit for having ridden the
greatest distance in a week ever recorded,
while Morgan twenty-four-hour score will
also entitle him to record. for although Ter
ront covered 23954 miles in the same time the
record is not accepted, and besides, the rider
knew that unlimited rest awaited him. Still,
l do not believe the Minneapolis race has
given US any idea of what can be accom-
pliShed on the wheel in a week. Morgan is a
complete novice at such wO rk, and the loss
of sleep doubtless played the mischief with
his naturally nervous system. Schock, on the
contrary, is an old hand at keeping his peep
ers open during prolonged struggles, and I
believe has no nerves of any consequence. To
be candid in the matter, believe that if his
heart was as large as that of the plucky
woman that followed him all last week, he
could leave 1000 miles behind him with ease.
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Lame McAfee, the manager of the West
hotel billiard room, offers to play any one
who comes a one-thousand-point, three-ball
fOr 2O5D
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George Harris, the Black Pearl who con-
siders himself the champion 1niddle-weight
colored pugilist of the United States, writes
the GLOBE that he is dissatisfied with the re-
cent meeting with Frank Taylor. He claims
to have been suffering with broken hand at
the time, and proposes another contest, tie
consist of twenty-One rounds, for either q
purse or division of the gate receipts or
both. He will meet Franks hackers at the
GLOBE Office at any time.
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Patsy Cardiff is now in active training for
his siX-round contest with John L. Sullivan
and if the weather moderateS will go to Lake
Calhoun this week. Friday night he has a
friendly set-to with John Donaldson at the
Theatre Comique.
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Charles Hadley gave rather surprising
exhibition Of pluck and endurance Friday
night. but the general verdict is that he is no
match for Taylor if the match should go to a
finish. Many seem to think that the latter
has the ability to give Billy Wilson a hard
battle.
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Mark Fabey, who knocked out Jack Keefe,
is eudeavoring to get match, and Chandler,
of Chicago, has offered to find him a man who
will be we'll backed.
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The Chicago Sporting EJournal says that
Bill Bradburns trip to St. Paul changed his
opinion of Killen, whom he now declares can
whip ullivan.
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Matsada Sorakichi. the Jap, is in New York
Offering to wrestle any man in the world,
mixed style, for $3.50 side.